This textbook-like monograph is devoted to selected aspects of psychological functioning at work. Topics covered include change, motivation, functioning in groups, coping with difficult situations, power and leadership, and violence in organisations.
Situational approach in organisational engagement management
Małgorzata Adamska-Chudzińska
Norbert Andraszak
2023
The monograph addresses the problem of labile employee engagement and weakening bonds with the organisation, leading to numerous organisational losses in the area of human capital. The authors of the monograph attempted to address the problem of employee retention using a situational approach in employee engagement management.
The aim of the publication is to present various aspects of human subjectivity in organisations. The authors outline the challenges of human functioning in complex socio-organisational structures and, at the same time, the need to function within two different orders: one belonging to the world of things and the other belonging to the world of basic human needs and values. Issues of trust, control, professional relationships and managerial decisions made in the context of organisational cooperation, as well as proactive behaviour, professional development and interpersonal communication training are addressed. The problem of values accompanying employees’ professional activities is also reflected upon.
Self-creation. A psychological analysis of the phenomenon and its significance for human development
Justyna Pawlak 2009
The present work is a theoretical study relating to issues derived from the psychology of personality and the psychology of human development, in which the Author, based on selected psychological and philosophical views, analysed the phenomenon of self-creation, its scope, developmental context, necessary motivation and conditions. This issue is part of the climate of contemporary, individualistic and expressivist culture, which, on the one hand, emphasises those human traits that predestinate them to self-creative behaviour, while on the other hand, it is characterised by the chaos of patterns, promotion of rapid change and attachment to consumer goods, which in turn hinders the process of self-creation.